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“For Girard, this mimetic desire is a source of conflict and tension within societies, and it is mitigated through the act of focusing the cumulative mimetic desires of a society on a single individual who becomes a scapegoat.”

— Adam Katz, Book Review: Nemesis — The Jouvenelian vs. the Liberal Model of Human Orders (Adam Katz) · Essays & Articles